Acts 18:12

Acts 18:12 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And when Gallio was the deputy of Achaia, the Jews made insurrection with one accord against Paul, and brought him to the judgment seat,
• English Standard Version (ESV)But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews made a united attack on Paul and brought him before the tribunal,
• New King James Version (NKJV)When Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him to the judgment seat,
• New Living Translation (NLT)But when Gallio became governor of Achaia, some Jews rose up together against Paul and brought him before the governor for judgment.

Context of Acts 18:12

10For I am with you, and no one is going to attack and harm you, because I have many people in this city.” 11So Paul stayed in Corinth for a year and a half, teaching them the word of God. While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews of Corinth made a united attack on Paul and brought him to the place of judgment. 13“This man,” they charged, “is persuading the people to worship God in ways contrary to the law.” 14Just as Paul was about to speak, Gallio said to them, “If you Jews were making a complaint about some misdemeanor or serious crime, it would be reasonable for me to listen to you.

Acts 18:12 word by word

Γαλλίωνος δὲ ἀνθυπάτου ὄντος τῆς Ἀχαΐας κατεπέστησαν ὁμοθυμαδὸν οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ ἤγαγον αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα,Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Andδέde · thenG1161
• when GallioΓαλλίωνGalliōn · GallioG1058
• was the deputyἀνθυπατεύωanthupateuō · to be proconsulG445
• of AchaiaἈχαΐαAchaia · AchaiaG882
• the JewsἸουδαῖοςIoudaios · JewG2453
• made insurrectionκατεφίστημιkatephistēmi · to attackG2721
• with one accordὁμοθυμαδόνhomothumadon · unitedG3661
• against PaulΠαῦλοςPaulos · PaulG3972
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• broughtἄγωagō · to bringG71
• himαὐτόςautos · it/s/heG846
• toἐπίepi · upon/to/againstG1909
• the judgment seatβῆμαbēma · judgement seatG968

Cross-references for Acts 18:12

• Acts 13:7who was an attendant of the proconsul, Sergius Paulus. The proconsul, an intelligent man, sent for Barnabas and Saul because he wanted to hear the word of God.
• Acts 18:27When Apollos wanted to go to Achaia, the brothers and sisters encouraged him and wrote to the disciples there to welcome him. When he arrived, he was a great help to those who by grace had believed.
• Romans 15:26For Macedonia and Achaia were pleased to make a contribution for the poor among the Lord’s people in Jerusalem.
• Romans 16:5Greet also the church that meets at their house. Greet my dear friend Epenetus, who was the first convert to Christ in the province of Asia.
• 1 Corinthians 16:15You know that the household of Stephanas were the first converts in Achaia, and they have devoted themselves to the service of the Lord’s people. I urge you, brothers and sisters,
• 2 Corinthians 1:1Paul, an apostle of Christ Jesus by the will of God, and Timothy our brother, To the church of God in Corinth, together with all his holy people throughout Achaia:
• 2 Corinthians 9:2For I know your eagerness to help, and I have been boasting about it to the Macedonians, telling them that since last year you in Achaia were ready to give; and your enthusiasm has stirred most of them to action.
• 2 Corinthians 11:10As surely as the truth of Christ is in me, nobody in the regions of Achaia will stop this boasting of mine.
• 1 Thessalonians 1:7And so you became a model to all the believers in Macedonia and Achaia.
• Acts 13:50But the Jewish leaders incited the God-fearing women of high standing and the leading men of the city. They stirred up persecution against Paul and Barnabas, and expelled them from their region.
• Acts 14:2But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers.
• Acts 17:5But other Jews were jealous; so they rounded up some bad characters from the marketplace, formed a mob and started a riot in the city. They rushed to Jason’s house in search of Paul and Silas in order to bring them out to the crowd.
• Acts 21:27When the seven days were nearly over, some Jews from the province of Asia saw Paul at the temple. They stirred up the whole crowd and seized him,
• Acts 18:16So he drove them off.
• Acts 25:10Paul answered: “I am now standing before Caesar’s court, where I ought to be tried. I have not done any wrong to the Jews, as you yourself know very well.
• Matthew 27:19While Pilate was sitting on the judge’s seat, his wife sent him this message: “Don’t have anything to do with that innocent man, for I have suffered a great deal today in a dream because of him.”

Commentaries on Acts 18:12

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 12When Gallio was the deputy of Achaia - The Romans comprehended, under the name of Achaia, all that part of Greece which lay between Thessaly and the southernmost coasts of Peloponnesus. Pausanias, in Attic. vii. 16, says that the Romans were accustomed to send a governor into that country, and that they called him the governor of Achaia, not of Greece; because the Achaeans, when they subdued Greece, were the leaders in all the Grecian affairs see also…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 12And Gallio - After the Romans had conquered Greece they reduced it to two provinces, Macedonia and Achaia, which were each governed by a proconsul. Gallio was the brother of the celebrated philosopher Seneca, and was made proconsul of Achaia in 53 a.d. His proper name was Marcus Annaeus Novatus, but, having been adopted into the family of Gallio, a rhetorician, he took his name. He is mentioned by ancient writers as having been of a remarkably mild and…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-17Verses 12-17 Paul was about to show that he did not teach men to worship God contrary to law; but the judge would not allow the Jews to complain to him of what was not within his office. It was right in Gallio that he left the Jews to themselves in matters relating to their religion, but yet would not let them, under pretence of that, persecute another. But it was wrong to speak slightly of a law and religion which he might have known to be of God, and…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-13The governor (or proconsul) of Achaia, Junius Gallio, was the older brother of the Roman philosopher Seneca. Seneca later served as a tutor to Emperor Nero. An ancient inscription shows that Gallio was governor around AD 51–52. This helps scholars date Paul’s visit to Corinth to about the same time.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 12-1712-17. when Gallio was the deputy--"the proconsul." See on Ac 13:7. He was brother to the celebrated philosopher Seneca, the tutor of Nero, who passed sentence of death on both.Read the comment

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Commentaries on Acts 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings